{"id":16874,"date":"2023-05-11T07:10:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-11-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T07:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:10:51","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-11-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-11-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 11, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>The first candidate debate for Toronto&#8217;s June byelection was held last night, with discussions of traffic and taxes prominently featured; Toronto City council has officially approved the legislation that will permit the construction of multiplexes containing up to four units across the City&#8217;s extensive &#8216;Yellow belt&#8217;; looking at Quebec&#8217;s new Airbnb legislation could provide a model for the rest of Canada, and a strategy to deliver new housing; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/10\/toronto-mayoral-candidates-square-off-in-election-debate-tonight.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gridlock, taxes and the Maple Leafs: Seven takeaways from the first debate of the mayoral byelection<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-toronto-city-council-approves-up-to-four-unit-multiplexes-in-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto city council approves up to four-unit multiplexes in all neighbourhoods<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/quebec-airbnb-legislation-1.6838625\" target=\"_blank\">Quebec&#8217;s new Airbnb legislation could be a model for Canada \u2014 and help ease the housing crisis<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/local-toronto-north-york\/news\/2023\/05\/11\/bike-share-toronto-to-expand-program-with-help-from-tangerine-bank.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Share Toronto to expand program with help from Tangerine Bank<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/toronto-residents-want-to-see-more-housing-built-even-if-it-means-fewer-parking-spots-and-detached-homes-poll-1.6392945\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto residents want to see more housing built, even if it means fewer parking spots and detached homes: poll<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/video\/2023\/05\/10\/ttc-ranked-most-efficient-in-north-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">TTC ranked most &#8216;efficient&#8217; in North America<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2023\/05\/11\/ontario-needs-to-fix-a-dysfunctional-landlord-and-tenant-board-which-has-caused-immense-problems.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario needs to fix a dysfunctional landlord and tenant board which has caused immense problems<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/lithium-batteries-mining-ontario-1.6839606\" target=\"_blank\">Next step in Ontario EV auto strategy is a lithium hydroxide plant: minister<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/city_hall\/2023\/05\/11\/whos-going-to-fix-torontos-traffic-woes-who-has-a-plan-for-housing-use-our-tracker-to-see-what-the-mayoral-candidates-are-promising.html\" target=\"_blank\">Who\u2019s going to fix Toronto\u2019s traffic woes? Who has a plan for housing? Use our tracker to see what the mayoral candidates are promising<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-ontario-rules-clean-up-excavating\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Ontario\u2019s rules for dealing with excavated dirt aim to clean up the industry<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/05\/11\/paintings-mysteriously-popped-up-on-poles-on-this-toronto-street-whats-behind-the-guerrilla-art-gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paintings mysteriously popped up on poles on this Toronto street. What\u2019s behind the guerrilla art gallery?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/are-canada-s-green-corporate-subsidies-a-new-race-to-the-bottom-or-a-path-to-the-top-1.6393841\" target=\"_blank\">Are Canada&#8217;s green corporate subsidies a new race to the bottom or a path to the top?<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/05\/news-roundup-may-11-2023.52428\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first candidate debate for Toronto&#8217;s June byelection was held last night, with discussions of traffic and taxes prominently featured; &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 11, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-11-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 11, 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}